• Air Quality Alert for Queen Anne's County, Maryland
  • Air Quality Alert issued July 09 at 3:48PM EDT by NWS
  • Effective: Monday, July 9, 2018 at 3:42 p.m.
  • Expires: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11 p.m.

  • ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY JULY 10...
    The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a code
    orange air quality alert Tuesday for The Maryland Upper Eastern
    Shore, excluding Cecil County,.
    A code orange air quality alert means that air pollution
    concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for
    sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people
    suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung
    diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can
    be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.
    For more information on ground-level ozone and fine
    particles...visit www.airnow.gov.